This study aims to explore the associations of schoolmate and teacher support with emotional and behavioural problems (EBP) and whether schoolmate and teacher support affects the associations of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and of EBP in adolescence. We obtained data from 5220 students aged from 11 to 15 (48.7% boys), who participated in the Health Behaviour in a School-aged Children study (2018, Slovakia). Using logistic regression adjusted for gender, age and family affluence we assessed the modification of the relations of ACE and EBP by schoolmate and teacher support. Schoolmate and teacher support decreased the probability of EBP (Odds Ratios, 95% confidence intervals: 0.76, 0.74|0.79; and 0.86, 0.83|0.89, respectively). However, we found no statistically significant interactions of schoolmate and teacher support regarding the association of ACE with EBP. Schoolmate and teacher support decreased the likelihood of EBP among adolescents but do not buffer the relation of any previous ACE with EBP.

Department of Community and Occupational Health University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Antonius Deusinglaan 1 9713 AV Groningen The Netherlands

Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology Medical Faculty PJ Safarik University Trieda SNP 1 040 11 Kosice Slovakia

Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health PJ Safarik University Trieda SNP 1 040 11 Kosice Slovakia

Olomouc University Social Health Institute Palacky University in Olomouc Univerzitni 22 771 11 Olomouc Czech Republic

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